just safe (e.g. just avoiding being late, failing an exam, etc.); only just OK; barely acceptable
to relax; to feel at home
clear; precise; definite; distinct
expression; look; countenance; face
compensation; reparation; price (of achieving a goal); cost; paying compensation on someone's behalf; compensation
foresight; foreknowledge; intimation; premonition; prediction
there is no need to; it is fine if you don't; unnecessary; does not match; out of reach of
decisive battle of brief duration
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
drawn-out (protracted) war or contest
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
first attack; first strike; first blow
glasses; eyeglasses; judgment; judgement; four-eyes
field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
mumblingly; mutteringly; unintelligibly
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
to match; to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
circulation (of money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (of air, water, etc.); ventilation; flow
to attract (to oneself, e.g. with bait or light); to draw close; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion; to convulse
stamina; energy; stamina-boosting (esp. of meat dishes containing raw egg yolks, garlic, Chinese chives, etc.)
high grade; special grade; classy
wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
to change; to switch; to change over (to); to renew
to fire into; to shoot into
to (an extent); up to; there is no need to ...; it should hardly be necessary to ...; even if there is no need to ... (at least ...)
plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention
the very best; excellent; superb
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
suffocation; choking; asphyxia
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
luxury; extravagance; treat (i.e. at someone's expense)
according to plan; as planned; on target
to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest
victim (esp. someone killed); casualty
putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation